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PUNCTUATED EQUILIBRIUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does punctuated equilibrium mean?
• PUNCTUATED EQUILIBRIUM (noun)
The noun PUNCTUATED EQUILIBRIUM has 1 sense:
1. a theory of evolution holding that evolutionary change in the fossil record came in fits and starts rather than in a steady process of slow change
Familiarity information: PUNCTUATED EQUILIBRIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PUNCTUATED EQUILIBRIUM (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A theory of evolution holding that evolutionary change in the fossil record came in fits and starts rather than in a steady process of slow change
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
punctuated equilibrium; theory of punctuated equilibrium
Hypernyms ("punctuated equilibrium" is a kind of...):
evolutionism; theory of evolution; theory of organic evolution ((biology) a scientific theory of the origin of species of plants and animals)
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